Program One: Surviving The War
Length: 30 min 08 sec
Description
At the start of WWII, the Philippines were an America protectorate. Japanese forces attacked on December 8, 1942 and subsequently invaded. The subjects of this film reflect on this turbulent history in their native Philippines. Mrs. Almirol, a college student in Manila at the outset of the Japanese invasion, has a clear memory of events as they unfolded and changed daily life. Ed Soriano was one of hundred of thousands of Filipino youngsters whose childhoods were scarred by the Japanese occupation. Eric Anchetta visited family members in the Philippines and captured on film examples of the poverty which continues to plague the islands. One wonders how much of the lack of hope among today’s generation of Filipinos is a result of the brutalities of WWII.
Narrator
Carolyn Goad